A Lion's Roar

Another full moon is upon us and am I leading some fabulous ritual?

Nope.

At work once again. Then again, I will be gone on a fabulous adventure. This time to take my son on a trip that was his Christmas present.

Since I am not leading any rituals, I did not write one for the occasion, although you could look back at some of my previous work for this particular full moon.

Since I haven’t written one for this full moon, also called the Quickening Moon, I leave you with this. Taken from the Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2020 (page 23).

Full Moon In Leo

The Full Moon in Leo is connected to the archetypes of the Queen, the King and the Divine Child. It is a time to embrace our personal sovereignty and to stand fully in our power. Sovereignty is about showing up with authenticity. Having agency over our bodies, sexuality, and life choices. Taking back power that has been given away or stolen. Saying no to the need for approval or for permission to be yourself. The Welsh Sovereignty goddess Rhiannon teaches us to speak from our heart and to walk with dignity and generosity of spirit no matter what challenges life brings. The Leo Full Moon also underlines the themes of creative self-expression as well as owning and celebrating our unique ways of being in the world. This Full Moon is a time to allow your creativity free reign and to bring a dream or idea to fruition. It is a time to celebrate, to cultivate confidence, and make space for pleasure.

Rhiannon, show me how to hold my head high and know that I am the sovereign queen of my own life.

Guiding Goddesses: Rhiannon, Macha, Maeve

-Danielle Blackwood

Clearing Out The Baggage

The first full moon of the year, called the Cold Moon or the Wolf Moon. And where am I? Well, rather than leading a beautiful full moon services, I am at work. Also this weekend, I am taking my family on a little trip for my son in law’s Christmas present.

Since I am not leading any rituals, I did not write one for the occasion, although you could look back at some of my previous work for this particular full moon.

So I don’t leave you hanging, here is a short spell for the full moon I found in Daily Spellbook For The Good Witch by Patti Wigington.

You will need:

A Black Candle

A Pen and Paper

A Fireproof Bowl

This spell is to be performed on the night of January’s Full Moon or one of the three nights following.

Light the black candle. Think about all the baggage that has held you back, caused you problems, or made you feel unworthy. Write down these things, and then light the paper in the candle’s flame. Place it in the fireproof bowl to burn and say:

Today I say farewell to the things that have prevented me from becoming the person I wish to be. I send you away, far from me, and far from my life. You no longer have any influence upon me. You are my past, and the past is gone. I banish you, I banish you, I banish you.

Once the paper has burned away to ashes, extinguish the flame. The next morning bury the ashes some place far away from your home.

Better Than Atkins

My friend Melissa wrote this spell. She is very talented.

She said I could share it and so I am. I plan on giving it a try myself.

Weight Loss Spell
By Melissa L.

Supplies:
Green Candle
Olive Oil
Red Apple
Incense- Holly, Heather, Primrose, Pine, or Angelica

Timing:
Sunday, as close to the new moon as possible, but in the waning.

Cleanse and consecrate your space. Set the apple in the middle of your alter. Light your incense.

Anoint your green candle with the olive oil. As you light it, say

Fifty pounds less I want to weigh.
From this goal don’t let me sway.
Please keep my hunger pangs at bay
And lusty cravings well away.
Please take and harden my resolve
So I can make this fat dissolve.
Healthy and strong I want to be,
To live the life best meant for me.
Please show me signs of my success,
I want to wear a size six dress!

You can change the amount in the first line and the size in the last line to suit your needs.

Recite this 3 times. Then eat the apple.

Snuff the candle.

Put the core outside for the fairies or birds.

Re-light the candle each night and repeat the chant 3 times each time until the candle is gone.

Imbolc Blessings!

Happy Imbolc to everyone!

Yes, I know it was Thursday and it is now Saturday. But I had to work and the Goddess will always forgive.

I did do some stuff on Thursday. My broom, Endora, got some fresh ribbons and I used her to sweep the negativity right out my front door. I set out a bowl of cream for Brigid and a yellow candle. I also hung up a nice wind sock. I even made a little besom to hang by the door to welcome Brigid.

I left a white cloth out overnight so that Brigid could come by and bless it. I am saving it for a day I need Brigid’s help. I also made fresh, homemade butter.

Tonight we celebrated.

This morning I put out fresh buttermilk for Brigid, as well as some bread. (I made the buttermilk myself. It was left over from my butter making on Thursday.) I gave the house another good sweeping. I also put out some fresh spring flowers.

I made a variety of gifts to honor Brigid and for my friends and family to take home for this special day. I made bird seed bells to hang in the trees. I made a milk bath sachet to give to people and I made a Celtic Cream warming potion that was so good. I also made a potato cheese soup and bread pudding.

We lit white candles to honor Brigid. Once everyone’s candle had been lit by Brigid’s flame, we snuffed them and cooled them so they could be taken home to bless the homes of my friends and family.

And finally, one of our group was having a birthday and so we honored her with cake and gifts. You only turn 17 once. So happy birthday to you. We hope to see you and your mom at one of our services again soon.

All and all it was a pretty awesome Imbolc. Thank you Brigid for honoring us. I am already looking forward to this celebration next year. I have great ideas for crafts and new decorations I want to get.

Blessed be!

The Lucky Dragon

新年快樂

Happy New Year!

And happy new moon.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. And last night was a new moon. So tonight we celebrated.

We had eleven in our circle tonight. We honored the Goddess Fortuna and we made good luck bags.

Fortuna is the Latin goddess of luck and fate. In her honor we made these bags to carry for luck.

Each bag contains…

Ivy- Representative of the element of Earth and the color Green

Earth= health, wealth, prosperity, employment and fertility

Green= love, fertility, abundance, money, prosperity, luck, resurrection, rebirth, jealousy, teaching, learning, changing attitudes, environmental issues and peace.

Cinnamon- Cinnamon can be used to make charms to draw love, happiness, and money.

Cloves- Cloves bring good luck and prosperity. Cloves keep good friends close and stops malicious gossip.

All Spice- Allspice can be added to sachets to aid in attracting money and/or luck.

Clear Quartz- Clear quartz is a stone of manifestation. Hold the crystal with intent and focus. The crystal will remember and permeate any environment it is placed.

Whole Nutmeg- A whole nutmeg seed can be carried to bring luck during all games of chance from cards to Bingo to roulette. Nutmeg can also be carried as a charm to encourage a favorable decision in court cases and success in other legal matters. Nutmeg carried will also help to ensure good luck while traveling.

Once that was finished, a new member of our group, who is also my daughter, offered a seeker oath, binding her to learn for at least one year. If she has not committed after that she can part ways with the craft or choose to seek again. It is her choice. No one is forced into the craft. Not even my kid. Besides, she is 17 and does tae kwon do, she could probably take me if I tried to force her. And as a gift, she was given a red journal to use as she sees fit. It has dragons on it.

And since it was Lunar New Year, an Asian celebration, I made beef and broccoli and rice as well as egg drop soup.

Thank you all for coming. May the lady Fortuna follow you where ever you go.

Blessed be.

Book Review: To Ride A Silver Broomstick

To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft by Silver RavenWolf

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


You know, I like this author. I feel like we could be friends. But this book, while informative, was kind of all over. I know it is written for new witches so I was probably a little bored because I am old. But I think for new witches, it was a lot. There were too many topics. Not enough information on each topic. If you can't fully go into each topic, maybe you should have left those to other books. And since she has written other books I will look into those.

If you have no idea what a witch does or is and you want to get started, it is a good book for you. As long as you take it slow and read other things in conjunction. Do not read it right through. She gives you lots of suggested reading and I suggest you get into some of those.

I did get some great and useful information. Some good ideas for more books to read and some practical ideas to use in my own life.

Finally, it was a little dated. Like she is talking about letters and phone calls. Who does that? Facebook and cell phones are the way to go. And also Google. :)



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